# NTSB CHI87LA174: Cessna 172N, N6341D, Troy, MI, July 20, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 19, 1987, 21:30 local (Jul 20, 1987, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Troy, MI
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13800
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA174
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13800/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA174

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - object - pole (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT LNDD AT NGT & TAXIED THE ACFT TO A HANGAR AREA FOR A PASSENGER STOP. AFTER THE PASSENGER DEPLANED, THE PLT PROCEEDED TO MAKE A U-TURN AROUND A T-HANGAR & ONTO AN AUTOMOBILE SERVICE ROAD THAT WASN'T NORMALLY USED FOR ACFT. WHILETHE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REENTER THE TAXIWAY, BY GOING BTN T-HANGARS, THE LEFT WING OF THE ACFT HIT A UTILITY POLE & WAS DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS IN THAT AREA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6341D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6341D-2013-10-24), registration cancelled 2013-10-24, S/N 17272727, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17272727
- Airframe hours: 1890
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: American Christian Avia. Inc.
- Registered owner: Flying Fish, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 4, 1987, 37 hours before
- Destination: PTK, PONTIAC, MI
- Airport: PTK, Troy-Oakland, runway 27, 3,855 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 95 total, 24 in this make and model, 6 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 250° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PTK, 13 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870719076619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870719076619A), Jul 19, 1987: Cessna 172N, Pontiac, MI, Substantial damage. Collided with a pole while taxing for takeoff. Taxied onto an automobile service road. No lights in the area.

## Other investigations on N6341D (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI81DEC13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEC13), Feb 7, 1981: Cessna 172N (N6341D), New Hudson, MI, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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